Malware

Cyber terrorism is just as its name implies; it is the utilization of the internet for the purpose of causing terror. Today’s cyberterrorist have several methods available for achieving their goals. The first of these is a general term known as “Hacking” which refers to anyone gaining access to a computer or a network of computers to which they are not allowed. There are various forms by which a hacker can gain this access. Hacking is comprised of five key methods utilized for the purpose of gaining

What is Kronos? Kronos is a banking Trojan. This rogue program has been in charge of blackmailing login credentials and financial details from a huge number of client accounts. The infection has propelled abilities and it is hard to recognize. The technical specifications of Kronos were uncovered in a malvertising forum where it was offered available to be purchased. The pernicious program is perfect with 64-bit and 32-bit rootkit. It highlights a formgrabber and a webinject which chip away at the

The Aim Higher college has recently had some issues of sensitive information being stolen from students when registering for classes. I believe that the web application that the student information system is using is a problem named SQL injection. A SQL injection attack is an attack where the attacker can run malicious SQL queries against a web application’s database server and it can be a danger for the users who access the web page because the hacker will look for their personal information records

It is estimated that cyber-attacks cost companies as much as $400 billion per year. Two of the most devastating attacks are distributed denial of service and social engineering. Although, there is no way to be completely safe from attack, there are precautions to take to help prevent them. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are the most common type of cyber-attack among financial institutions. DDoS is when a hacker floods a server with traffic making

Protagonist of movie are played by Keanu Reeves. Hero name is Neo and he has two faces. The first face is a programmer working for the major software manufacturer and his name is Thomas Anderson. The second face is a genius hacker causing a computer crime and his name is Neo. He was troubled with the sense that dreamed to be up every day. One day, he receives a message and he meets a mysterious woman. Her name is Trinity. After that, Neo meet with her fellow and his name is Morpheus. He said that

First level analysis indicates that, scamming techniques, unverified hacking statements , and instructional online scamming media is the most commonly shared type of information about the company. Additionally, investigations on online forums, known to be used for scamming and potentially other illicit purposes, such as ownedcore.com, depicts a method (albeit unverified) to exploit the company’s arcade machines. Similar methodologies are likely replicated on other forums as the topic of conversation

At my place of employment, the IT department sends out emails anytime numerous incoming spam emails are detected. When IT noticed the “invoice” emails coming in, an email was sent to all users with a warning not to open any attachments if they were not expected. Users were further instructed that if an attachment was opened in error, not to download macros even if prompted to. Unfortunately, there were a few people who did just that and subsequently infected their computers. When IT received an

Computer spyware was originally designed by hackers to corrupt files, steal passwords, and swipe credit card information from the owner. Now, parents have found the easiest way to install spyware and secretly track their children’s history. The intent of parents using spyware can be separated through two arguments. Do parents spy on their children to be nosy and tease or make fun of them? Or, is the objective to protect children from the dangerous online world we live in today? Parents most likely

Cyber Crime is described as criminal activity committed via use of electronic communications with respect to cyber fraud or identity theft through phishing and spoofing. There are many other forms of cyber-crime also such as harassment, pornography etc. via use of information technology. Usually Cyber-crime is divided in below 3 categories: 1. Persons: Cyber Crime against person can be conducted in many ways as in today’s world all the personal information is available on internet and one can use

viruses and malware. Computer viruses are minute program which is “embedded inside an application or within a data file which can copy itself into another program“(Adams et al, 2008 ) for the sole determination of meddling with normal computer operations. The consequences may range from corruption and deletion of data; propagation of virus on to network and deployment through attachments through emails in order to further creating havoc to all associated computing devices. Malwares are mischievous